Trish Deseine is a food writer and cookbook author. Deseine was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1964 and moved to Paris in 1987. She was educated at Belfast Royal Academy and the University of Edinburgh where she read modern languages. In 2000 she was approached by the French publisher, Marabout to write a cookbook. Her first book Petits plats entre amis was published in 2001 and won the Ladur�e and SEB prizes. Her second book, Je veux du chocolat! won a World Gourmand Cookbook Award and has sold over 500,000 copies to date. Subsequent books have included Mes petits plats pr�f�r�s; F�tes Maison about party food; J'en veux encore about food for children and Du caramel plein la bouche. For Marabout also, Deseine has produced small format books ? Les Ap�ros de Trish, Trifles, Best Of Chocolate and Bonbons Forever. Ma petite robe noire et autres recettes explores the connection between wardrobe staples and food. It won the 2007 Prix la Mazille at P�rigueux, making Deseine the first non French writer to receive the prize. 

January 1st, 1964 in Belfast (Age 60)